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A. .HQsMER ovERALLs Filed Dec. 15, 1922 Patented Jan. 27, 1925.`

ED OSPFFIECE.,

ARTHUR`HOSMER,\OF`CHTCAGO, ILLINOIS', ASS'IGNDR OF ON-FOURTI-I TO GUILFORD S. WOOD; OIE' I-IICGO', ILLINOIS;

OVERAIJIS;

Applicatomledllecembe 151, 1922i. Serial No.v 607,631.

granted tome July 6th, 1920.

It is an object oit. this invention to produce the front and-rear portions of. a garment separately and` unite them by seams which4 pass up the sides of; the Alegs and down the sides of'. the sleeves..

It is a further object ot this inventionL to provide a supporting loop for the belt which can be made-more quickly and ineX pensively than heretofore.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the description in the following` specification and the disclosures in the accompanying drawingsj in which I. have describedv and illustrated a` preferred fornr of the invention. y

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sideV view ofthe finished garment.

Figure 2 is a rear view.

Figure 8. isa section upon. the line ot' FigureA 1.

Figure 4L- is a. section upon the line 41.-Ll of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail illustrating the fastening of the, belt.

As shown on the drawings:

The garment consists of an upper or blouse portion 1 andV a nether or trousers portion 2. I have illustrated theformin which the blouse opensy in,V front and the back is closed trent the, neck tothe crotch by the seam 3. It will, however, be apparent as the description proceeds that the invention is equally applicable to a orm in which the blouse buttons down the back and the front is made with a central seam or even in one piece.

The back of the garment is provided with a seat flap 5 which may be opened by being let. down into.y the position illustrated at 5 in dottedwlines. A. belt 10isused to support: the sea-t1lap'rinclosed position. This belt may. be` separately made and sewed to theupper edge of the liap or the hem at the top of the i'iap may be made to constitute the` portiono thebeltalong said edge. The belt extends beyond the side edges.V of; the flap in each direction and. passes around to the liront. of the; garmento where-it is secured by any-.suitable fastening.

Thel fastening, illustrated in Figure 5, comprises a` hook 11, which is held in aa loop at. one end. ot the` belt. The loopi isf made adjustable by meansl o1:l asliding` buckle 12.

On the other end` of. the, belt an. eye,1 13| is secured, preferably by meansoli'u another loop and buckle.

The garment .isprovided with any desired number of pockets. As illustrated, therfefareA a breast pocket ati 6,.a: pair or hip pockets at 7 and4 whichy are formed upon the above-described seat llap andv a rule pocket?. at 9.

As will be; described below in detailing the-method of making the garment, a single seam 15` onv each side goes from they ankle opening up` the sidepast the arm: hole and through the wrist. opening. Thisseam may be of any desired type.` One common: practice which may heused is to.- old the edge` of; each of the two pieces 'which are to be secured together andthen stitch through all four thicknesses. l have illustrated, however, a seam made'by sewing astrip ot tape .I

tosuch folded edges.

A very desirable way of securing the belt 10` inplace is illustrated in; Figures 3 and 4l. The seanr 15 is out away `from the front portion 16 of the blouse part of the garment and from the lrear portion 17 thereof through, a distance slightly more than the width of the belt. This` enables the separated partogf. the seami to be moved out` of the plane,- o the cloth, and the belt l() is passed. through said separation. A loop for holding the` belt .in place isthusmade without the necessity of separately preparing any piece of material to make the loop. The cut edges 18 and 19 of the main body oi the cloth are protected from raveling in any desired way. The cut edges on the seam need no such protection because the folding and stitching made in forming the seam suliiciently prevent raveling.

lll() Tit) Y In assembling the garment the several parts of the front are sewed together and the back of the blouse is sewed to the front along the shoulder seams. -The sleeves, not yet closed into a tubular form, are then sewed to the arm-hole edges of the united front and back. The garment is then folded along the shoulders and sleeves, bringing the side edges of front and back of the blouse together and the edges of each sleeve together. A seam 24 is then run from each wrist opening to the arm-hole seam, across said seam and down the side of the blouse. It unites the edges of the blouse as far as the point 2O. From here to the bottom 2l of the back of the blouse the edges of the front and back are left separated to provide a fent enabling the tail of the blouse to hang loose, like the tail of a shirt.

The edges of this fent may be finished in any usual way. Since a better appearance is lsecured if the edge of the front part of the blouse is placed outside, it is convenient to have the same seam that goes down the side of the blouse continue as the seam uniting the finishing tape to the front side of the fent, as shown at 22. f

The side edge of the seat fiap in closed position lies close to this fent. It is of course free from the neighboring edge of the front part of the garment in order that it may be moved to dotted line position. This neighboring edge of the front part is the front edge oit' the fent already described. The tape or other finish 22 for this edge may therefore advantageously be continued up the inside of the edge` oit' the seat flap.

The two edges protected by this one continuous finish outline a placket from the bottom of which goes a seam l5 which, except as it is interrupted by the placket, is continuous with the seam 24. As the placket edges are finished by sewing, one continuous line of sewing extends from the wrist opening to the ankle opening. Preferably the side seam is sewed from the ankle opening to the bottom of the placket. Then the seam is started again from the top of the edge of the seat flap past the upper end of the seam just mentioned and past the arm-hole seam to the wrist opening.

A continuous seam extends from one ankle opening to the other across the crotch. This may be sewed either before or after the conw tinuous lines of sewing described above.

' Iam aware thatnumerous details of construction may be varied through a fwide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an overalls, a blouse portion and a nether portion, a seat flap extending from said nether portion over the outside of the bottom of the back of the blouse bortion, a belt for securing said flap in position, and seams up each side of the overalls uniting the front and back sections thereof, said seams being separated from the body of the garment by slits for said belt.

2. In an overalls, a blouse portion having on each side a fent separating a tail from the front of the garment, a nether portion having a seat flap, edge finishing seams one along each side edge of said seat flap and extending along the edges of the tent, seams one on each side from the top of' said fent to the wrist opening, and seams one on each side from the bottom of said fent to the ankle opening whereby said side seams and edge finishing seams on one side make one continuous seam from the ankle to the wrist.

3. In an overalls, a blouse portion having on each side a fent separating a tail from the front of the garment, a nether portion having a seat flap, edge finishing means one along each side edge of said seat fiap and extending along the edges of the fent, seams one on each side from the top of said fent to the wrist opening, and seams one ou each side from the bottom of said fent to the ankle opening whereby said side seams and edge finishing sealns on one side make one continuous seain from the ankle to the wrist, said seams being cut away from the garment above said tent to provide loops, and a belt attached to said seat flap and adapted to pass through said seam loops.

4. In an overalls, a blouse portion and nether portions having a seat flap, a seam extending upwardly along the side or the garment, said seam being cut away from the garment to provide a pair ot slits in said blouse portion, and a belt through said slits for supporting said seat flap.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR IIOSM IGR. Vitnesses SPENCER IV. Gines, Oscar: HARTMANN. 

